“It’s gonna be unapologetic funk. And it’s gonna be energetic. And it’s gonna be a wild ride, lots of high-energy solos and cool ensemble work.” That’s how percussionist Nate Worth describes funk-jazz ...
With hundreds of performances out at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, it's hard to know where to start. So Gambit has some suggestion for bands and musicians to see on the last day of Jazz ...
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Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...
The 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival kicks off Thursday, April 24. Below are Gambit's picks for some of the musicians and bands to see. LeTrainiump 12:20-1:10 p.m., Congo Square Stage Indie ...
Brian Culbertson has scored hit singles on just about every Billboard chart there is. Culbertson, an Illinois-born pianist, bandleader and songwriter who performs at the Charleston Music Hall on Oct.
(ThyBlackMan.com) Few artists in modern music embody the spirit of innovation quite like Herbie Hancock. From his formative years with Miles Davis to his own trailblazing solo career, Hancock has ...
Louis Armstrong? Or Parliament-Funkadelic, Earth, Wind & Fire, and proto-rap group The Last Poets? It is perfectly logical to assume New Orleans-bred trumpeter and Pulitzer Prize-winning jazz composer ...
Albums like To Pimp a Butterfly and 1999 blend jazz harmonies with sharp lyricism, proving the genre’s deep connection. Hip-hop may keep evolving, but funk and jazz remain its heartbeat, fueling its ...